A Predicament, originally The Scythe of Time, is a short story by author Edgar Allan Poe. The introduction to the narrative is titled How to Write a Blackwood Article, originally The Signora Zenobia, which satirizes the formulaic horror stories often found in the Scottish Blackwood's Magazine. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1838/11/00 | Edgar Allan Poe | Author | Edgar A Poe's "How to Write a Blackwood Article" and "A Predicament" are published as "The Psyche Zenobia" and "The Scythe of Time" in the American Museum of Baltimore. | ||||
| 1838/11/00 | Blackwood's Magazine | Satirical Target | Edgar A Poe's "How to Write a Blackwood Article" and "A Predicament" are published as "The Psyche Zenobia" and "The Scythe of Time" in the American Museum of Baltimore. |
| Particulars for A Predicament (short story): | |||
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| Narrative Arts | Comedy, Humor | the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Gothic Fiction | genre of decaying settings, medieval locales with dark atmosphere of isolation, mystery and terror | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Narrative Arts | Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity, hypocrisy or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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